The mid-2000s, before I craved fresh reading at every turn, were my dark ages. I hadn’t yet trained myself to try new comics, that weren’t Marvel or DC, just for the hell of it. Partially to blame must have been the deep, disastrous fall from excellence of The Authority. Money’s always a factor, too. Around [...]

About every ten years or so, an comic book artist of incredible vision and energy zooms through the ranks of talent to super-stardom. Currently, we have Stuart Immonen, whose inexhaustible versatility has made him the leading breadwinner in Marvel’s glowing stable. Before him, Jim Lee shaped readers’ tastes for a solid decade. And in the [...]

To mark the second anniversary of their New 52 titles, DC is dedicating this September to their villains. Big Bads like the Joker, Darkseid, and Sinestro will star in the comics of their heroic opposites, and a gaggle of guest artists and writers will take the creative reins. This could be a blast. Back before [...]

I know I’ve been ragging on Jim Lee lately–specifically his redesign of Superman’s costume. Then I took a minute to remember that he’s the most influential (and hard working) comic artist of his generation. Copies of his fine-lined tough guys and leggy femme fatales have been on collectors’ shelves, and in would-be artists’ portfolios, for [...]